ASU chief of police charged in BWI incident

Adams arrested at Nasworthy

SAN ANGELO, Texas - Angelo State University Police Chief James Adams faces a boating while intoxicated charge — one filed with the Tom Green County Attorney's Office on Thursday.

The charge stemmed from an arrest over Memorial Day weekend on Lake Nasworthy, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

James Edgar Adams, 47, was booked into the Tom Green County Jail on May 25 by Texas Parks & Wildlife. He was released the following day on a $1,000 bond.

Adams could not be reached Thursday for comment. Preston Lewis, ASU director of communications and marketing, also could not be reached.

Game Warden Cynde Aguilar pulled over a man on a Jet Ski near Veterans Memorial Bridge, near Knickerbocker Road, after the driver allegedly created a wake in a no-wake zone, TPWD Lt. Jason Huebner said.

"There were signs of possible intoxication," Huebner said. "The subject was taken ashore and the standard field sobriety tests, like you would do on a DWI, were administered after a 15-minute on shore wait period."

Department policy suggests giving a suspect that time to get their "land legs back." The driver refused a Breathalyzer, Huebner said, and no blood was drawn because nobody was hurt in this instance.

Two BWIs were filed over Memorial Day weekend, according to the TPWD. Huebner said the lake has seen a dramatic drop in BWIs from summer two years ago, when the department made 27 BWI arrests on Nasworthy.

"We saw a huge reduction in BWI arrests last summer," he said. "This summer is kind of trailing the same way, which is good. Enforcement is doing what it should."

BWI is a class B misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail up to 180 days and a fine up to $2,000.